Tag Archive | "Barack Obama"
Posted on 09 January 2010. Tags: 2010 Election, 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Bill Ritter, Dick Wadhams, Ed Vigil, John Hickenlooper, Ken Salazar, President Obama
President Barack Obama encouraged Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to run for governor during a call Friday, but the mayor has told friends the family will spend the weekend weighing a decision. ALSO: Hickenlooper and McInnis greet each other at the National Western.
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Posted in Elections, Featured Stories
Posted on 29 December 2009. Tags: 2010 Election, 2010 Elections, Andrew Romanoff, Barack Obama, Bill Ritter, Colorado Democratic Party, Colorado Democrats, Colorado GOP, Colorado Republicans, Dick Wadhams, Interior Secretary, Jane Norton, Karl Rove, Ken Bickers, Ken Salazar, Michael Bennet, Obama Administration, Pat Waak, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rasmussen Reports Debbie Benefield, Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Senate, University of Colorado at Boulder
National and state Republican leaders have zeroed in on Colorado’s junior senator, Democrat Michael Bennet, as a top target in their campaign to gain U.S. Senate seats.
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Posted on 23 December 2009. Tags: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Barack Obama, CannaMart, Caregivers, Centennial, City of Centennial, Dispensaries, Dispensary, Medical Marijuana, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Robert J. Corry Jr., Shannon Mosher
Although CannaMart was only open several weeks in Centennial, ankylosing spondylitis patient Shannon Mosher said he already started feeling at home at the location.
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Posted on 21 December 2009. Tags: 527s, Barack Obama, Bob Rankin, Buena Vista, Delta, Delta County Commission, Elk Mountains, FASTER, Gail Schwartz, Garfield County, Hunter Creek Condominiums, John Salazar, Lewis Entz, President Obama, Salida, San Luis Valley, SD-5, Senate District 5, TABOR, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Tea Party, Wayne Wolf
Bob Rankin, who lives in Aspen and Carbondale, and Wayne Wolf of Delta are vying for the chance to pick off Gail Schwartz’s Senate District 5 seat for Republicans, who are hungry to reclaim power after four years of Democratic Party domination at the Capitol in Denver.
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Posted on 17 December 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Thiebaut, Colorado U.S. Attorney, Hill & Robbins, John Suthers, John Walsh, John Walsh III, Ken Salazar, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Mike Saccone, Mitch Morrissey, Norma Anderson, President Barack Obama, Stephanie Villa fuerte, Tara Trujillo, Troy Eid, U.S. Attorney
Former Colorado U.S. Attorney Troy Eid wrote a letter to Udall on Tuesday that said John Walsh is “ethical and a person of unimpeachable character and integrity.”
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Posted in Featured Stories, Legal
Posted on 14 December 2009. Tags: Attorney General, Barack Obama, Bill Thiebaut Jr., Cory Voorhis, Eric Holder, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Jeff Sessions, John Walsh III, Ken Salazar, Mark Udall, Patrick Leahy, President Obama, Senate Judiciary Committee, Stephanie Villafuerte, U.S. Attorney
In a letter to President Barack Obama, who nominated her for the post, and Attorney General Eric Holder, Villafuerte said she was confident she would have “served well in this important position.”
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Posted on 11 December 2009. Tags: Afghanistan, Baghdad, Barack Obama, Bronze Star, Frank Helmick, Gary Kolb, HD-38, House District 38, Iraq, Iraqi Military Academy, Joe Rice, Joint Services Commendation Medal, Littleton City Hall, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, NATO Training Mission Iraq, President Obama
State Rep. Joe Rice — a Littleton Democrat and a colonel in the Army Reserves — discussed recent developments and the long-term outlook in Iraq and Afghanistan at a meeting with constituents Dec. 7 at Littleton City Hall.
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Posted in Featured Stories, Legislative
Posted on 04 December 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform, Ed Perlmutter, Emily Parkey, Immigration, Immigration Reform, JBS SWift, Leslie Oliver, Novias de Mexico, Obama Administration, President Obama, Rights for All People, Stan Weekes, Swift & Co.
Immigrant rights advocates are calling for a holly jolly reform season filled with rallies for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Posted on 02 December 2009. Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Betsy Markey, Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Ed Perlmutter, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, House Armed Services Committee, Islamic Extremism, Jared Polis, John Salazar, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Michael Mullen, Mike Coffman, Robert Gates
Colorado’s congressional members were generally supportive but skeptical of President Barack Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and begin withdrawing troops in 2011.
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